Ocean monster May 28, 2009
Only after these tests are the cores sawn down the middle - one half destined for further, possibly destructive testing, and the other for a core archive kept in the Japanese city of Kochi. The current project, NanTroSEIZE, is concerned with the Earth's crust and the mechanisms that cause earthquakes. (BBC News -- Science)
Japan's Regional Banks Face `Big Realignment,' Chiba Bank's Sakuma Says May 20, 2009
Bank of Kochi Ltd. and Nagano Bank Ltd. said this month they may also apply. Capital pressure may also force Japans biggest banks to apply for public funds, Fitch Ratings Ltd. said last month, without naming specific companies. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
GDA Technologies to Demonstrate 'Pravega' Family of Configurable USB 3.0 Controllers at SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in Tokyo May 20, 2009
GDA is headquartered in San Jose, CA with satellite design centers in Boston, Sacramento, Chennai, Kochi, and Bangalore. GDA has developed many high performance IP cores for computer and networking interfaces. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Japan takes over the second grade May 18, 2009
Four families the Fujiwara clan of rural Chubu who live near the rice field, with extended family all over the village; the Tanakas from urban Kyoto who have a family business and live upstairs from the store; the Inoue family who live in urban Toyko; and the Yamamotos who live in suburban Kochi, in company housing--represent different ways of life in Japan, and each focuses on a separate cultural theme like school, food, holidays, leisure and pop culture. By taking on these very specific roles... (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Seafood exports to Japan may fall May 1, 2009
KOCHI: The economic slowdown has had a major impact on the seafood exports to one of the traditional markets of the country, namely, Japan. The seafood export to Japan is likely to see a 20-25% fall in quantity in the current financial year as compared to the previous year. (India Times)
Avantis Medical Systems Announces Key Addition to Scientific Advisory Board Feb 25, 2009
Dr. Yamamoto received his MD from Jichi Medical University, and completed post-graduate clinical training in the Kochi Central Hospital. Additionally, he trained in the U.S. at Beth Israel Medical Center (New York, NY), the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and the University of Texas Southwestern (Dallas, TX). (PR Newswire)
AP News in Brief Feb 15, 2009
Elsewhere in Khost, another roadside bomb killed three border police on Friday, said Sher Ahmad Kochi, a police commander. In the south, a third roadside bomb hit a police vehicle and killed four policemen on Friday in Kandahar province, provincial police Chief Matiullah Khan Qatah said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
A Japanese mission makes HD movies of the moon's surface Mar 15, 2008
"It is quite a spectacular view," said Dr Rie Honda, from Japan's Kochi University, a collaborator on the Selene mission. Selene consists of one main satellite along with two smaller sub-satellites, named Ouna and Okina. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Bank of Japan's Iwata Says Consumer Spending Is Solid; Markets Pose Risk Feb 7, 2008
Consumer spending is solid, even though consumer confidence has deteriorated considerably,'' Iwata, 61, said today in a speech in Kochi, western Japan ... To contact the reporter on this story: Lily Nonomiya in Kochi at. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Scientists obtain core samples from subsea fault system off Japan Feb 6, 2008
Chikyu is scheduled to depart from the port of Shingu on Feb. 12 to deliver the core samples to the Kochi Core Center, one of three IODP repositories that archive sediment samples. NanTroSEIZE investigations will continue with Expedition 320 in Fall 2008. (EurekAlert!)
Celebrity rises to power in Osaka Jan 31, 2008
Last year in rural Kochi prefecture in Shikoku Island, a 40-year-old Finance Ministry official, Masanao Ozaki, was elected to the gubernatorial position, held previously for 16 years by a very popular and reformist governor Daijiro Hashimoto (brother of the late prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, but no relation to the governor-elect of Osaka). Elections of celebrities (or tarento from the English word talent as they are known in Japan) to political positions is not a new phenomenon in Japan. (Asia Times Online)
Nagano, Okinawa keep lead in average life spans of Japanese Dec 18, 2007
Men in Akita Prefecture have the second-shortest life span followed by Iwate, Kochi and Kagoshima prefectures, while women in Tochigi Prefecture have the second-shortest life span followed by Akita, Osaka and Ibaraki prefectures. In Shiga and Okayama prefectures, in western Japan, male residents saw the greatest gain in life span by 1. (News on Japan, Japan)
Ministry Can't Confirm When Bolt on Crashed Bombardier Plane Went Missing Dec 3, 2007
A missing bolt may have caused a wheel door on an All Nippon Airways Co. Bombardier DHC-8-Q400 plane to fail on March 13, forcing it to land on its nose at Kochi airport in western Japan, a government panel said that month. All Nippon and Japan Airlines Corp. grounded their Bombardier fleets following the incident, canceling at least 80 flights and stranding thousands of passengers. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Fujikawa shoots 74, misses cut at Casio World Open Nov 24, 2007
I.J. Chang shot a 67 and had a one-stroke lead at 136 at the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club. Hawai'i's Gregory Meyer, a regular on the Japan tour, shot a 74 and was tied for 33rd at 146. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Fujikawa shoots 6-over 78 in Japan event Nov 23, 2007
Jet Ozaki is among four golfers tied for the lead at 3-under 69 at the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club. MINI SITE MAP. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Roman Meshon, 36; taught English in Japan Nov 10, 2007
Roman Carl Meshon never bragged about his accomplishments, but he did tout the success of his students at the Blue Hawaii English Language School in Kochi, Japan, which Mr. Meshon founded in 2001 ... Mr. Meshon, a Sudbury native, drowned Sept. 17 while surfing near Kochi ... After studying abroad in Japan his junior year and becoming fluent in spoken and written Japanese, Mr. Meshon moved to Kochi after graduation. (Boston Globe)
Golf: Wie will skip men's Japan event due to injuries Oct 30, 2007
22 million, the Casio World Open will be held in Kochi on Japan's southwestern island of Shikoku starting Nov. 22. MINI SITE MAP. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sake, Drink of Samurai, Tastes Best in Dark, Smoky Bars From Where it Came Oct 25, 2007
Our next choice was Tsukasabotan Senchuhassaku from Japan's western prefecture of Kochi ... Senchuhassaku means ``the shipboard eight-point plant'' and is named for a treatise written by Japanese folk hero and Kochi native Sakamoto Ryoma. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Ghanaian troupes to compete at Japanese dance festival in Accra Oct 24, 2007
The Yosakoi Dance originated in Kochi, Japan after the end of the Second World War. "Yosakoi," in Japanese means "happiness will come", in a renewed reassurance to the people to put behind them tribulations they suffered during war. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
* World News Quick Take Oct 22, 2007
The card was handed to Shizuo Nagano, 80, in southern Kochi Prefecture by a student from Mukogawa Women's University. The postcard was written by Nobuchika Yamashita, who used to work with Nagano at their neighborhood store before being drafted. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bombardier's Q400 woes won't hit bottom line: official Sep 14, 2007
In March, Young visited Japan to apologize for an incident, involving an ANA flight to Kochi airport in western Japan. Since the start of the fiscal year, Bombardier's aerospace division boosted its order backlog 77 per cent, to a record $18. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
24 planes grounded for checks Sep 14, 2007
Q400 aircraft have caused problems before, including an emergency landing of an ANA flight at Kochi Airport in March due to failure of the front landing gear. (IHT/Asahi: September 14,2007). (Asahi Shimbun)
WHO Praises Kenya in Fight Against Malaria Aug 17, 2007
"This collaboration between the Government of Kenya, WHO and donors serves as a model that should be replicated throughout Africa," Dr Arata Kochi, director of WHO's Global Malaria Programme, told journalists. In a report released in conjunction with WHO, the Kenyan government said it had "dramatically reduced" child deaths from malaria by giving free nets to poor rural communities. (Planet Ark, United States)
Two children missing in Japan typhoon Aug 5, 2007
The Kagami river floods its riverside park in Kochi city some 620 kilometres southwest of. Science Video. (News on Japan, Japan)
Governing party in Japan suffers election defeat Jul 30, 2007
Tamura, who represented the Kochi prefecture in western Japan, lost. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Japanese voters clobber governing party Jul 30, 2007
Tamura, who represented the Kochi prefecture in western Japan, lost. Abe's approval ratings, once higher than 60 percent, plummeted as he appeared out of touch with voters' anxieties about everyday issues, especially a national pension record-keeping problem that could jeopardize the benefits paid out in what is a rapidly aging society. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Abe seeks unity, but battles a mutiny Jul 28, 2007
Norimitsu Onishi in Kochi, JapanJuly 28, 2007 ... "Here in Kochi, we've been reduced to worrying about our next meal. So when he comes to support us with this pie in the sky and says nothing but random things, I feel he's making fools of us." ... Voters in cities and even in Liberal Democratic rural strongholds such as Kochi are expected to punish Mr Abe's Government for mishandling pension records, and for scandals and verbal gaffes by his bumbling ministers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
In Japan's election, Abe attacked by his own party Jul 26, 2007
KOCHI, Japan: In his quest for a third term in the upper house of Parliament, Kohei Tamura has been crisscrossing the verdant mountains of his district, hugging its dark blue coastline and running all the while against a member of his own party - the deeply unpopular Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... "Here in Kochi, we've been reduced to worrying about our next meal," Tamura said of his economically depressed district in western Japan ... Voters in cities and even in Liberal Democratic rural... (International Herald Tribune)
Rainy season ends in Kyushu, other regions Jul 24, 2007
5 mm of rain, Kochi 759. 0 mm and Hiroshima 292. (News on Japan, Japan)
Man-yi spares Sasebo, gets weaker on the way to Tokyo Jul 16, 2007
Flooding occurred in 145 homes in Miyazaki, 29 on Okinawa, 19 in Kagoshima, nine in Kochi and one in Kumamoto, according to NHK.. About 33,000 homes in Kagoshima, 13,000 in Okinawa, 10,100 in Miyazaki, 118 in Tokushima and 20 in Oita prefecture were without power. (Stars and Stripes)
Fears of water shortage spreading across Japan Jun 20, 2007
The level of water in the Sameura Dam in Kochi Prefecture had declined to 31. 6 percent of its capacity by midnight on Wednesday, as compared with the normal level of 86. (News on Japan, Japan)
The dark side of Japan Jun 15, 2007
"I went to the south of Japan, to the Kochi prefecture," explains Annette. "It was just absolutely untouched - really beautiful. The people were fantastic. Any foreigner was an instant celebrity.". (News on Japan, Japan)
Quake jolts parts of southern Japan Apr 26, 2007
The epicenter of the quake was around 40 kilometers underground in Ehime prefecture, it said, noting that Hiroshima, Okayama, Tokushima, Kagawa, Kochi and several other prefectures were also affected by the quake. Source: Xinhua. (People's Daily Online, China)
Japan town dumps mayor - and nuclear waste site Apr 24, 2007
The vote by Toyo, which has about 3,400 residents in Kochi prefecture, will affect the country's plan to start operating a nuclear disposal facility in 2033-2038, Takao Kitabata, Japan's Vice Trade Minister, told reporters on Monday. "This matter related to Toyo was quite disappointing, but we respect the result, which reflected the will of residents," he said, but added: "There will be an impact on our country's nuclear power policy.". (News on Japan, Japan)
McNeill: Japan's Death Penalty Apr 11, 2007
Fukuoka Michio, 64, also claimed he was innocent of killing three people, including his wife's sister, in Kochi Prefecture over three years from 1978, protesting that the police forced his confession and ignored his alibi. . (Zmag.org)
Japan's way of judicial killing Apr 8, 2007
Michio Fukuoka, 64, also claimed he was innocent of killing three people, including his wife's sister, over three years between 1978 and 1981 in Kochi Prefecture in Shikoku. He protested to the end that the police forced his confession and ignored his alibi. (News on Japan, Japan)
Damaged plane with Japan MP lands safely Apr 3, 2007
Just last month, an All Nippon Airways turboprop carrying 60 people made a safe emergency landing on its rear wheels at Kochi airport in southern Japan after its nose gear failed to descend. 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Japan callingAre women safe teaching English in the eastern archipelago? Mar 29, 2007
Before arriving in the little-known prefecture of Kochi, on the southern island of Shikoku, I had been informed that Japanese people did not lock their doors, left their cars running with the keys in the ignition and would never rip you off ... " Sarah Ono, 30, who runs her own English school in Kochi and has a Japanese husband and two children, said foreign women are often unaware that they will attract unwanted attention by the way they act. "Japanese women are reserved. (BBC News -- UK)
Urban land prices skew average up Mar 23, 2007
9 percent, was posted in Tosa Shimizu, Kochi Prefecture. One point in Ginza in Tokyo's Chuo Ward posted Japan's highest unit land price, at 30. (The Japan Times)
Bombardier Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Kyushu After Gear Malfunction Mar 20, 2007
An All Nippon Airways Co. airplane made by the Canadian maker last week slid on its nose to a safe landing at Kochi airport after a similar malfunction. To contact the reporter on this story: Mari Murayama in Tokyo at. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Bombardier official apologizes in Japan Mar 17, 2007
In 2004, the right wheel of a Bombardier broke off while landing at Kochi airport, also with no injuries. ANA's president apologized for the problems with Bombardier aircraft at the airline's annual shareholder meeting last June. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Emergency landing grounds Bombardier Mar 15, 2007
A Bombardier-built Q400 turboprop, operated by All Nippon Airways, was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday at Japan's Kochi airport after the plane's front landing gear failed to deploy ... Three years ago, the right wheel of another Bombardier plane broke off while landing at Kochi airport. (Toronto Star)
Sparks fly as plane lands on nose Mar 15, 2007
The plane, carrying 56 passengers and four crew members, circled for nearly two hours over Kochi airport in western Japan as it tried to extend its front wheels and negotiate an emergency landing ... In 2004, the right wheel of a Bombardier broke off while landing at Kochi airport, also with no injuries ... The passenger plane makes an emergency landing at an airport in Kochi. (CNN -- World)
Plane carrying 60 lands safely with stuck nose gear Mar 14, 2007
The plane was carrying 56 passengers and four crew members and was scheduled to land at Kochi airport in western Japan shortly before 9 a.m., the airline said. It circled for nearly two hours as it tried to extend its front wheels and negotiate an emergency landing. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Canadian Stocks' Rally Falters on U.S. Growth, Rising Defaults on Loans Mar 14, 2007
All Nippon Airways Co. grounded its fleet of 13 Bombardier planes, after a two-year- old propeller-driven DHC8-400 made by Montreal-based Bombardier slid on its nose to a safe landing at Kochi airport in Japan after its front landing gear failed to lower. Crude oil for April delivery fell 1. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Japanese plane makes textbook emergency landing - on its nose Mar 14, 2007
A Japanese plane has made a dramatic emergency landing at Kochi airport, sliding along the runway on its nose ... The All Nippon Airways (ANA) plane was carrying 60 people from Osaka to Kochi - none of whom were harmed. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Japanese airline grounds Bombardier fleet Mar 14, 2007
An All Nippon Airways Bombardier DHC-8 turboprop passenger plane with 60 people on board sits on the ground after an emergency landing on Tuesday at Kochi airport in western Japan ... The plane, carrying 56 passengers and four crew members, circled for nearly two hours over Kochi Airport in western Japan as it tried to extend its front wheels and negotiate an emergency landing ... In 2004, the right wheel of a Bombardier broke off while landing at Kochi airport, also with no injuries. (Globe and Mail)
Emergency landing grounds Bombardier in Japan Mar 14, 2007
No one was injured when the All Nippon Q400 had to land on its rear wheels and then carefully touch its nose to the runway at Kochi airport in western Japan ... March 13, 2007: A Bombardier-made Q400 turboprop carrying 60 people is forced to make an emergency landing at Kochi airport in Japan after the front landing gear fails to deploy. (Globe and Mail)
Japan embraces American managers Mar 12, 2007
KOCHI, JAPAN - Bobby Valentine is beginning his sixth season managing here ... KOCHI, Japan Terry Collins, bat in hand, was sprinting the quarter-mile from a practice field to the stadium at the Orix Buffaloes spring training facility. (USA Today -- Sports)
Japanese Make-Up Magnate Plumbs the Watery Depths for Beauty Treatments Feb 28, 2007
The resort is a play on words, standing for ShU to KOchi, the main city on the island ... Utoco Deep Sea Therapy Center & Hotel, 6969-1, Murotozaki Cho, Muroto shi, Kochi Prefecture ... Flights from Tokyo's Haneda airport take 90 Minutes to Kochi and there's a free 80-minute shuttle bus for guests to the spa. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
What's it like to be a journalist on the road? Feb 24, 2007
KOCHI In the press box here, there was pitcher Tom Davey, massaging the shoulders of reporter Furuno Kimiyoshi of the Sports Nippon daily paper, while Davey chatted with reporters ... KOCHI "Nooooo, no comeback. Let's just say it was a hibernation." So says Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, the reason a media horde descended on Kochi and the Orix Buffaloes training camp. (News on Japan, Japan)
